Snowfall

On branches of snow
A titmouse flits back and forth
A rain of powder

Carolina Wren

Carolina wren
Between the leaves of elm
Autumn fringed ochre

Hummingbird

A fall visitor
Flashes green in the jewelweed
The hummingbird sups

Dawn

Overhead, the sky
Slowly, gold tones permeate
A wren pipes his song

Along the Riverside

Robin overhead on a branch low enough to touch
Workers and teenagers pass below
While the hatching in its nest stays quiet

Life

Forests or white sands
A beacon lit only at night
The sparrow with its fledglings;
One does not have to travel far to find change
When the green there today
Was not in bloom yesterday

Scarlet Tanager

Scarlet heart with a dash of black
A crimson beauty nesting high on the treetops
Large like life and the unexpected surprise
Of your presence, makes my blood pulse